Six Picks

I’ve started contributing to the fledgling movie website MovieBabble, which is averaging about 10,000 hits per month – not bad for a site that’s run by a full-time student!

You can read my most recent post, written under the pseudonym Frank Carver (in tribute to my old man and one of my favourite writers) here.

Creating a character whose voice you use to write your articles is pretty fun. This Frank Carver is inspired by Charles Bukowski and Hunter S. Thompson. For you writers reading this, this is a great exercise in character creation and execution.

I’d love to here some of your own techniques when it comes to bringing a character to life.

And if you feel like reading the article, go right ahead – I won’t complain.